59 search results for “seventeenth centre” in the Library website
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Centre for Digital Scholarship
The Centre for Digital Scholarship (CDS) supports Open Science by providing information, consultancy, and training on the following topics.
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Leiden Knowledge Centre for Photography
Leiden is a knowledge hub, unique in its kind in the Netherlands, for academics, professionals, students and all other people who are specialized or interested in photography. The city and university offer:
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Save the date: Centre for Digital Scholarship Summer Training Week 2026
Workshops, lectures
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Kebadu GebremariamFaculty of Humanities
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Marie Louise KroghFaculty of Humanities
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Ilse MarkensteijnFaculty of Science
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Bastiaan HoornemanFaculty of Humanities
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Henk BlezerFaculty of Humanities
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Bibliotheca Thysiana
Address Bibliotheca Thysiana Rapenburg 25 2311 GG Leiden
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Anna-Luna PostFaculty of Humanities
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Thomas WellsFaculty of Humanities
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Marco VerschoorSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Centre for Digital Scholarship for Leiden researchers
The Centre for Digital Scholarship of Leiden University Libraries Leiden collaborates with Leiden researchers, faculties, national and international colleagues and centres of expertise to facilitate and support Digital Scholarship – data management, Open Access and answering research queries – using…
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Timo McGregorFaculty of Humanities
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Bibliotheca Thysiana Fellowship
The Bibliotheca Thysiana Fellowship keeps alive the memory of the young lawyer and book collector and bibliophile Joannes Thysius (1622-1653).
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Matthew LongoSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ahab BdaiwiFaculty of Humanities
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Wouter KalfFaculty of Humanities
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UNESCO World Heritage
The UBL holds seven collections recognised by UNESCO as documents of universal value and exceptional significance to the world. Six are included in UNESCO's International World Heritage list of documents or Memory of the World Register, one in the Dutch UNESCO register.
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Hebrew, Semitic and Armenian Special Collections
The Library of Leiden University holds c. 550 manuscripts and an extensive collection of rare printed books in Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, the languages of Ethiopia, South Arabic, Coptic and Armenian, as well as a collection of rare books on the Jewish World.
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Paul van ElsFaculty of Humanities
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New ‘university centre’ to be created in former Hudson’s Bay building in downtown The Hague
Leiden University, together with the Open University and Universities of the Netherlands, will take up residence in the Spui building at Grote Marktstraat 48-50/Spui 3 in downtown The Hague from 2025. The partners signed the leases on 7 November.
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Douglas BergerFaculty of Humanities
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Tom Theuns
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Andrei PoamaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Rebecca PloofSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jelena BelicSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Sources of Leiden University’s History
The archives created by Leiden University and the private archives of Leiden professors are an invaluable source for the history of the university and its functioning. The main sources have been edited (nearly always in Dutch). In addition, several studies have been published, describing the development…
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French Language and Culture
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in French language and culture.
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Islamic World Special Collections
The main focus of the Islamic World Special Collections is on the Middle East and North Africa, with smaller holdings from Indonesia, the Indian Subcontinent and Central Asia as far as Xinjiang, China.
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Early Printed Books
In the course of over four centuries the book collections have been greatly enlarged thanks to the bequests and grants or the purchases from the propriety of scholars or private collectors. Sometimes it concerned collections with thousands of early printed books, such as the purchase of the library…
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Herman SiemensFaculty of Humanities
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Sine BagaturFaculty of Humanities
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Eamon AloyoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Book Presentation - Bookshop of the World by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen
On Wednesday 27 March, 17.00 - 18.30, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen will present their book: 'The Bookshop of the World. Searching for markets in the Dutch Golden Age’ at the Lipsius-Building (Cleveringaplaats 1, room 11). Anton van der Lem, curator at the Leiden University Library will introduce…
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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
- Manuscripts, Archives and Letters outside Leiden
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Josette DaemenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Mark RutgersFaculty of Humanities
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Thomas FossenFaculty of Humanities
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Stephen HarrisFaculty of Humanities
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Centre for Digital Scholarship Summer Training Week
Seminars, workshops
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
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Tim MeijersFaculty of Humanities
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Paul Nieuwenburg
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Donation for digitisation of Leiden Hebrew manuscripts
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has received considerable funding from the National Library of Israel (NLI) and the Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society (FJMS) for the digitisation of a collection of 166 Hebrew manuscripts. The digitised manuscripts will be made available to the public in the course…
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Fan LinFaculty of Humanities
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Online Exhibition - Grotius, a Life Between Freedom and Oppression
In 2021, it is exactly 400 years since Hugo Grotius mounted his daring escape from Loevestein Castle, hidden in his book chest. Although his escape is a widely known event, especially in the Netherlands, the man behind the story and the reasons behind his imprisonment are often overlooked. In this small…
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Leiden Yemeni manuscripts now digitally available
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently digitized circa 150 Yemeni manuscripts and has made them freely available for research and education. The manuscripts, dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, were digitized as part of the Zaydi Manuscript Tradition project. Yemen has been marked…
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A Buddha in the Backyard
The exhibition 'A Buddha in the Backyard: Asia as a Source of Inspiration' shows how we surround ourselves with elements from Asian cultures and gives a glimpse into the rich Asia collections of Leiden University. The exhibition runs from January 26 to May 9 and is on display in the exhibition hall…